Will our lives be remembered at all? As we think on the closing of Elisha’s life in the few remaining verses in our study, let us set our own minds towards serving our King for all the years the Lord gives us so that He may be well known and that we may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of for us (Philippians 3:12). 

And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Get yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Remoth Gilead. Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room. Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ (9:1-3)
So Jehu rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place. And the period that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years (10:35-36).
Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD (13:1).
So Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Joash his son reigned in his place. In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash* the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD (13:9).
So Joash rested with his fathers. Then Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel (13:13).
Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, “O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!” (13:14).
Excerpts from: II Kings 9 – 13:14 NKJV
Who was the longest serving prophet in the Bible? Moses served the Lord as a prophet for about 40 years. Samuel served about the same amount of time. Hosea served during the reigns of seven different kings, perhaps as long as 60 years. Isaiah served the Lord during the reigns of five kings of Judah during a ministry that may have exceeded that of Hosea’s in length. But Elisha served the Lord beginning with Elijah in the days of King Ahab and continuing through the reigns of Ahaziah (1 year), Joram, (9 years), Jehu (28 years), Jehoahaz (17 years), and a portion of the reign of King Joash* of Israel (16 years). Conservatively, it seems Elisha’s ministry stretched more than 65 years in length!
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The atheistic worldview is literally that the universe came into existence from absolutely nothing producing hydrogen and helium gas and a little bit of lithium. Then given sufficient time it produced all the elements in the universe and all life including you and me. All unguided, defying the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics all the way. It is totally delusional and the evidence, as discussed, points to the Creator. The Satanic Climate Change Cult has no knowledge of the Creator who designed the Earth, Sun, and solar system for life on this planet. It was no accident! All forms of energy are gifts from God. 

The Satanic Climate Change Cult would have you believe that you need to commit suicide to ‘save the planet’ because the sources of clean safe energy are so few. If we use anything but wind, solar and hydro we’ll destroy our planet by catastrophic heating and global boiling. But that is a devilish lie.
Let’s put this into a proper perspective.
In the beginning, God created energy from which He formed the whole universe. He created numerous sources of energy for humanity because life on Earth needs abundant energy sources. Below you’ll see it is no accident that we have it available on the same planet we live on.
Many of you may know the famous equation E = mc2 derived by Albert Einstein. The equation shows us the equivalence of matter (m) and energy (E) where the parameter c is the canonical speed of light, a universal constant. Therefore we can state that matter is a form of energy. Energy from the sun, from nuclear reactors, and nuclear bombs is evidence that matter is convertible into radiant energy. The fact that the value of c2 is such a large number tells us that an enormous amount of energy may be derived from a tiny amount of matter.
We can thus conclude that energy may be divided into three states (photons/radiation, matter and plasma) in addition to gravitational energy. More on this below.
Energy was providentially given to us in a form available to do work. Without this property, it is essentially useless. This field of study in physics is called Thermodynamics. ‘Thermo’ means related to heat and ‘dynamics’ means motion. Without this type of energy, life could not exist. Life needs to move and without heat, it dies.
The form of the energy provided to us means we can extract useful work from it. As it is used that energy is converted into a form that can no longer do work and the universe tends to a cold uniform temperature.
In physics geek talk we say the universe was created in a low entropy state. It means it started off in an ordered state with useful available energy. It was not chaotic and disordered. But how did it start off this way?
It certainly was not from the big bang! The big bang never happened!  It can only be alleged from an atheistic worldview. And so much evidence has now accumulated against that non-biblical worldview. It is really just a fairy tale for children. Sorry, … but it is too scary for children. They wouldn’t believe it anyway. See 20 Big Bang Busting Bloopers.
The concept of energy rises from the first law of thermodynamics and the concept of entropy from the second law of thermodynamics. The second law effects are very familiar as we all see processes that create disorder, e.g. when ice melts or wood burns etc. An increase in entropy is inexorable and defines the flow or arrow of time.
From a study of thermodynamics, we learn that the state of the universe came only from the intelligent Mind of the Creator. It cannot come from materialism, i.e. from only matter and energy.
This has been acknowledged by intelligent reasoning physicists. I quote here from one of my old university-level physics texts on thermodynamics wherein the authors wrote:
“… we see the second law of thermodynamics as a description of the prior and continuing work of the creator, who also holds the answer to our future destiny and that of the universe.” (my emphasis added)
Richard E. Sonntag and Gordon J. Van Wylen, 1982, Introduction to Thermodynamics, Classical and Statistical, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, page 271.
The biblical worldview supports the fact that the Creator of the universe providentially created all energy and placed it in the universe in a low entropy state. That is, He created it in the useful forms needed for life.
You’ll note we call this 2nd law a law because it is never broken. There is no way to defeat it except by intelligent design (like a refrigerator), and never by random chance processes.
Gravitation is worth mentioning here. Gravitational energy was created concomitant with the creation of the solar system with a central star, the Sun, and planets bound together by Newton’s invisible force, or, as Einstein’s General Relativity theory describes it, a geometric property of spacetime.
The Sun was imbued with all forms of energy. It appears to be mostly comprised of hydrogen, helium and heavier elements undergoing thermonuclear reactions. The planets derive their energy in all forms from the Sun.
The planets were created with some nuclear unstable elements that decay (i.e. increase entropy) producing nuclear radiation including gamma rays and energetic particles. It is from these decay processes that some scientists claim the age of the earth is 5 billion years. But without knowing the initial conditions, including amounts of initial elements in the rocks, such a conclusion is impossible.
However it is worth mentioning that some nuclear reactors are natural. A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions occur. The Oklo natural nuclear reactor is such and was discovered in Gabon in 1972 by scientists from the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) while prospecting for uranium in the region.
Heavy elements like Uranium-238 were created in the crust of the planet as a fuel source. This form of uranium is a natural nuclear fission fuel source. The Oklo reactor is natural. So you should never believe the Climate Change cultists who say we should only use natural renewable energy and that excludes nuclear.
But solar and wind are not renewable! The 2nd law proves that. And that is evidenced by the fact that their idols like solar panels, lithium batteries, windmill propellers, bearings etc have limited life spans.
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As Proverbs 10:11 tells us, “From a wicked heart the mouth wreaks violence and death.” The quality of your words depends on the quality of your heart. That’s because your words come out of your heart. If you want your words to do good, then you have to ensure that the source is good.

In the 1970s a professor by the name of Albert Mehrabian proposed his famous 7-38-55 rule of communication. When we communicate our likes and dislikes, the listener’s acceptance of our communication will depend 7 percent on our words, 38 percent on our tone of voice, and 55 percent on our facial expressions and body language.
If I say, “I love pickled herring,” and my voice is slow and monotone and my face looks like a pickled herring, then, despite my words, you won’t put pickled herring out on the table next time we have breakfast together—unless you have a mischievous streak. And if I hear you tell me that you “have no problem with me” with an upbeat voice, but your arms are crossed and you are making overly intense eye contact, then I won’t be convinced.
Texting is less demanding than face-to-face communication. 
This means that face-to-face communication is costly, because I know that you are weighing not just my words but also the tone of my voice and my body language. I am going to get an immediate—possibly uncomfortable—response from you. Is this why we prefer less demanding forms of communication? Like a phone call—or even a text?
On the flip side, with face-to-face communication there is far less room for misunderstanding. Even if I don’t get my words exactly right, my tone of voice and expressions will fill in the gap, clarify, or even correct my inadequate or poorly chosen words. Then again, maybe I don’t want you to hear my tone of voice or to see my body language. Perhaps it would say too much…
Texting is especially open to causing misunderstanding. 
So although communicating by telephone may be less costly—because you are not seeing and weighing my expressions—it is also more open to misunderstanding. And communicating by email or text is the least costly form of communication: I don’t have to open up my expressions or even my tone of voice to your scrutiny. But I am now 93 percent open to being misunderstood. You have only my bare words, unqualified, unenhanced, and uncorrected by my non-verbal communication.
Now how is this going to work out in a society that is increasingly isolationist and wary of face-to-face contact and where even phoning someone is becoming rare? Research shows that phone apps are only the fifth most used app on smartphones, and I am told that Millennials dislike being called and prefer only text. In fact, they consider it a little rude to be called without prior warning via text!
The LORD has something to say about speaking in the book of Proverbs. His words, written some three thousand years ago, still apply whether we are speaking, writing letters, writing emails or texts, or posting on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
The Bible has a lot to say about the power of speech. 
First, consider the Bible’s teaching on the power of speech.
And God said, “Light be.”And light was (Gen 1:3).
When God speaks, light and galaxies and teaming life burst into existence. His words are that powerful. And a word from Jesus could kill a fig tree, calm a storm, and raise a rotting corpse to life.
And our words, like those of our heavenly Father whose image we bear, have power to them. They can’t create ex nihilo, but they can build up and tear down. They can create and destroy. They can bring a torrent of good or evil. James tells us that just as a tiny spark can set ablaze a great forest, so too can the tongue set the whole course of a person’s life on fire.
Our words can do tremendous good or harm.
Very powerful things can do tremendous good or tremendous harm, and so they need to be tamed and controlled and directed in the right way. Proverbs addresses the tongue in the same way it addresses everything, by looking first at the heart.
“The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked” (Prov. 10:11).
“When a person has a righteous heart, then their mouth is a “fountain of life.” Their words transform what is saline and dead into something fresh and teaming with life. This makes me think of Ezekiel’s river, flowing east out of God’s Temple, and raising abundant life wherever it goes:
And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing” (Ezek. 47:12).
If you want your words to do good, then you have to ensure that the source is good.
Yet, as Proverbs 10:11 tells us, from a wicked heart the mouth wreaks violence and death. The quality of your words depends on the quality of your heart. That’s because your words come out of your heart. If you want your words to do good, then you have to ensure that the source is good. That’s why Jesus said to the Pharisees,
“You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him” (Matt. 12:34-35).
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